Hi Rozzi Klomp, I would not only increase the size of your kitchen, but I'd look at swapping your living and dining areas. The current layout looks to provide a very long and narrow living area (3 x 6m?). A great way to check how each 'space' works is to consider the furniture layout for the living and dining areas. This will highlight how each zone works individually, as well as how each responds/interacts with your views, the kitchen, and related circulation. Understanding how each space works individually, and together, will inform the shape and layout of your kitchen design. Considering this our suggestions are: Locate bench and cupboards along the wall backing onto garage (relocate laundry to garage 'store' area). This will provide you with additional storage and/bench space. It could accommodate the stove, wall oven, fridge etc. Increase the size of the island bench. This bench could be orientated to the view, or the dining area. This would depend on your preference for facing view or using the bench as 'gathering' space (cooking whilst preparing food and /or breakfast bar). Depending on the orientation of the central bench would it be better as an island or peninsular bench? Make sure you have adequate circulation within the kitchen (between benches/ joinery) and around the kitchen to ensure good circulation and function.

hi, IF you are on acreage, I do NOT understand WHY you are not ORIENTATING the House to have the MAJORITY of the rooms facing NORTH. ( the Living room + Dining + your Master Bedroom and leading to a nice sunny Outdoor Entertaining area on the deep-verandah etc).. Read up on "Passive Solar Design" = - orientate the main living areas to capture the Northern sun . and - minimum 500mm Eaves (you have the Verandah's, so this will be good. and - minimum 1500mm Eaves for the rooms facing West; and - provide plenty of flow thru ventilation. - I love my Louvre Windows.. and - insulation & floors and walls that are thicjk. and - double-glazing (if you can afford it) - utility areas such as bathrooms, robes, kitchen can be on the Southern side of the house.. Railing - yes, you are right that it is not needed - the 2 pictures that you have provided are lovely. Access to Outdoor Entertaining - if I am reading your floor plan correctly - access is ONLY to the Front yard / side yard - to the HEAXAGONAL Porch section -- this is lovely - but will it and the 2 metre porch be enough space? - WHERE are you going to put your BBQ etc? oklouise - I totally agree with you - NEED to decide WHERE the Garage, driveway etc will be. bigreader - I agree with all of your comments and especially that the Lounge/ dining size is not big enough.

before making any realistic suggestions we need to understand the existing spaces but your plan shows bed 2 and 3 as projecting out further than bed 1 but the roof doesn't show a corresponding change of shape?...assuming that the roof is correct you need to add dimensions for width of kitchen, laundry, toilet, bathroom and width of original bed 3 and can you please show locations of windows and external doors and what is space beyond the existing living? ... pending confirmation of details my suggestions would be to build new kids bedrooms and bathroom at the back with part of bed 3 as the rumpus, have a master suite at the front with part of bed 3 as wiw and original bathroom as ens and powder room and rearrange the old laundry or add a new extra laundry with the new kids rooms and use original laundry for a pantry...the biggest challenge will be the new roof but maybe the extension could have a skillion roof tucked under the original eaves but that depends on available ceiling heights

as long as the bench etc in the entry is low and shallow there should be enough space in the entry and wiw although Kate's idea of stealing space off the generous bedroom would allow for more .. my suggestions also includes tall 150mm deep shallow shelves in the wip (partly recessed into the wall) provides storage for cans, bottles and packets and avoid the corner cupboards in the narrow space and i've included some ideas for the kitchen